Good appointment,with the World Cup coming up its good to have an Englishman with us who knows the conditions well. He is also known for his talent spotting skills so hopefully he can find someone in the domestic circuit instead of overusing the same failing players. Its funny how 50% people on the ESPN cricinfo article voted that 'he was too much of an unknown' to take this role. So was Hathurusingha and he was the best coach BD ever had. Lets just back him and hope Gary Kirsten has done us a great favour with this recommendation.

Originally Posted by Night_wolf
rhodes is a good coach. he has been coach for worcs since 2005 upto 2017 november.

I first saw his work in 2010 when shakib was playing for worcs. under rhoades worcs got promoted to first division in 2010 with a weak team and stayed in first division in 2011 with that weak team. moeen ali was product of his coaching.

he was suppose to take coaching for english lions in 2018 but a rape aligations for one of the worc players came up which rhodes supposedly knew and failed to or did not notify worc management. As a result he was suspended and lost the England lion coach position.

what I read about him in 2010 his coaching style is giving freedom to the players in their playing style

When Kluesner came to Bangladesh as a coaching staff of the Zimbabwe team in the tri nation series he said he was interested to work for Bangladesh. He was recently sacked by Zimbabwe.So I see what BCB is doing.

Former big name player or nor doesn't matter. What matters is what kind of coach he will be. personally i think Bangladesh team needs the hairdryer treatment which Sir Alex Ferguson used to give to under performing players. A strict disciplinarian is what we need to put some players straight

Originally Posted by Rifat_02
A strict disciplinarian is what we need to put some players straight

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Originally Posted by Fazal
That's what I also think. Without that, I am afraid, any coach will fail in Bangladesh.

That's what I am worried about this selection.

I also agree we need someone who will need to enforce discipline in players. However Haturi did that and the players eventually got him the sack. The Board also needs to support the coach if he wants to be strict.

Originally Posted by Banglaguy
Hathuru also gave players freedom to play in their own style. Sounds like a good choice...

Not at all. Hathuru's autocratic tendencies is probably what led to the player revolt during the SA tour (Mushfiq captaincy, Shakib skipping tour alltogether). Once he realized he wasn't getting his way, he jumped ship.

But Hathu attempted to blacklist Mominul on the pretext of technical flaws instead of trying to fix the minor issues he has. On top of that he seemed to be on the same track of undermining Mosaddek with certain comments he made. All probably a ploy to ensure he gets to keep selecting his personal favorites Sabbir, Imrul, and Soumya without scrutiny.

He is yet give formal presentation to BCB. How come BCB says he will be the head coach ? Just because Garry prescribed ? Well, as per Steve, he is yet make decision.

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"I can confirm I've had talks with Bangladesh," Rhodes told ESPNcricinfo. "And I can confirm I'm interested in what I think is a really prestigious role. But nothing is confirmed at this stage and nobody should jump the gun and presume it is."

BD cricket team situation sounds like my last workplace.
Some useless people get to positions where they make themselves unreplacable and when you complain about them, the mgmt don't target them and instead target you, the complainer. Eventually, you just decide to walk out.